Heath Ledger dies of apparent overdose [Updated 2/28/08]

junctionalfunkie said:
Why do you say that?

Wow.... OC, Vikes, Xanax, Valium and some OTC sleep meds? I used to take all that and a few beers and some bud almost very night, just to sleep.

And Ledger seemed to be in much better shape than me. Younger, too. :\

Poor guy. It really sucks. :(
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oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.

you left out 2 I dont know dxylamine is. but I know temazepam is a fuckin strong hypnotic benzo. You shouldent downplay the risks of mixing opiates and benzos Its a risky propesition plus we dont know the doseages. thats like a 5 downer combo I dunno im not a pussy when it comes to drugs but I would never take that combo. Maybe he blacked out on benzos and started eating opiates we will prolly never know. and the rolledup 20 makes sense now if it was indeed oxycontin even though im speculating that would be the only thing worth snortin in the group. Without knowing doseges its hard to speculate for real but I would wager iether he had no drug knowledge or he blacked out or it was intentional. I hope this post makes sense im under the influence of 120mg of temazepam right now. anyway still a horrible stragedy but if the goverment would focus on harm reduction instead of propaganda this may well have been avoided.
 
temazepam is far from a strong benzo.

You need 10 tablets for it be be considered strong
 
shit you think so? I get 30mg pills and 3 or 4 has me blacked out nicely
I love hypnotic benzos. plus with the valium and zanax I assure you he was gone
 
Doxylamine is Unisom, an OTC sleep aid.

He apparently had bad insomnia, as I have in the past. In desperation to sleep, it's easy to start taking some ridiculous dosages and combos. That's what I think probably happened; in trying to sleep he just too damn much of everything. :(
 
Whatever the reasons, he was a great actor and according to that beautiful press release issued by the family, a great guy too.

Of course, such statements are sometimes misleading, but that one seems straight from the heart.

RIP, Heath. :(
 
Doxylamine is an antihistamine that would have potentiated both the opiates and benzo's.

Peace Mr Ledger.....your there now I'm sure.
 
seems like he was playing with fire with all those drugs, I doubt he intentionally took a fatal dose of anything (ie suicide) as reports are suggesting, but certainly he was reckless in taking all those at the same time and shows his desperation in terms of insomnia and anxiety I guess

I can understand how it could happen to him while not being directly suicidal he was obviously not shirking from doing a decent amount of potentially harmful things though, but then so do adrenalin junkies skydiving or what have you and if something goes wrong they die. Nyway I dunno what Im saying anymore lol,

RIP Heath

PS - where was the Ambien (Zolpidem)! I thought some of that was found in the apartment, surely he would have had a few of them also 8o
Initial reports here in Aus said that it was found in his apartment along with benzos etc but there seems to be a media scare campaign about Stilnox (called that in Aus) and people sleep driving etc so maybe that was rubbish anyone know?
 
no, people sleep drive and sleep fuck and cook and all sorts of other stupid things on ambien.
 
ya I know that people can do that stuff on zolpidem ofcourse, ive felt the loss of inhibitions and amnesia from it, but my query was more with the initial report that it was in his apartment but doesnt seem to have been reported in his bloodstream

who knows I guess
 
phrozen said:
Good detective work, sir.
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LOL

I really did laugh out loud on that one.

More than a month after the autopsy results are released, he comes and says "he supposedly died of"
 
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